diane sawyer and i will anchor the coverage of the state of the union at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 pacific. >>> we're going to turn to the vacati vacati vacation nightmare. the carnival cruise ship in the gulf of mexico. the ship trying to get to a port now in mobile, alabama. matt gutman has the latest on the story. >> reporter: the decision overnight to tow the crippled "triumph," seen in these new photos, to alabama, could be making a brutal voyage even worse. and for the first time, we are hearing from passengers aboard that stricken ship. >> there's no lights, no water. we can't flush. some people were able to shower. >> reporter: conditions are getting worse by the hour, debra rightmire wrote abc news. toilets are overflowing inside our cabins. we're having to sleep inside the hallways. onion and cucumber sandwiches last night. "the triumph," which is bigger than the "titanic," is running on emergency power. and is being towed at a few miles per hour. shelly crosby texted us, we have a lot of tent cities on-deck. and while carnival's ads boast limitless food, th